Comments on: Rheumatoid Arthritis Is A Real Pain In The…Hip

By: polly

polly — Mon, 26 May 2014 05:36:03 +0000

Hi. Have been living with overwhelming pain for bout 4 years now. Just moved house and have a new GP who thinks I may have RA. My biggest problems are getting my feet to work after the shortest of period of inactivity, terrible lower back pain that limits my walking ability to a few hundred yards until I feel physically sick. But by far the worst is excruciating rib cage pain, making even breathing terribly painful. Does anyone else have experience of this?

By: Carole Wilk

Carole Wilk — Sat, 10 May 2014 15:37:20 +0000

Sue… I am on Cimzia. A shot every 2 weeks in my thigh at the Dr’s office. 200 mg every 2 weeks. It has helped bring my sed rate down a bit. I was on Methotrexate, Embrel and Humira..after awhile they stopped working and none of them brought the sed rate (inflammation down). I am now experiencing excructiating pain in my knees, and just started to get outer thigh hip pain. My right hip was replaced in 2006 and now pain in my left hip!!!! All I can say is good luck to all of us trying to find the right answer to our problems.

By: Lisa McNeely

Lisa McNeely — Sat, 10 May 2014 03:19:00 +0000

New here. Im glad I found this site. Reading these stories helps alot. Im having flare right now and feel so.bad. the big part of both hips is so sore I can barely move.

By: sue

sue — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:58:15 +0000

Finding this site has helped me with the fact that my RA pain is real and not in my head. I’m going for a hip injection and feeling some stress over this. I’m already in enough pain and fear the injection will only make it worse. The knee injection did nothing for my pain. I do Arencia injections at home and take Arava but being a teacher my system is attacked by all the kido’s germs and then I have to stop taking the medication until I’m done with the antibiotics. This RA really sucks!! I’m not sure if the meds are even helping. My RA doctor is not the best so I have just gotten a number for a new one. I sure hope he can help me but not feeling that anything can.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:13:54 +0000

I’m so glad I found this page it’s nice to not feel alone trying to explain to someone who doesn’t have to experience the pain is so hard they just don’t understand the severity of it I’m 24 and started to get it when I was 16 and over the last year the pain in my hips has got so severe that sometimes I can’t even move and I am already using a walking stick whilst I’m out as if it flares up sometimes it causes me to have a fall the pain is so unbearable sometimes and I sympathise with anyone else who has to deal with the pain of ra.